Eye Heart Margaritas

As anyone who knows me understands, I LOVE margaritas. All margaritas. Although, as I’ve stated before, I generally prefer plain margaritas over the fruity kind.

The only time that changes is in the summer, when I find the fruity margaritas more refreshing. Like now!

This pineapple margarita is one for the summer: frosty, fruity, and refreshing.

I’ve spoken many times about working at that Mexican restaurant. Now, during the time I worked there, there weren’t many Mexican places yet in New England. Mexican wasn’t really that mainstream yet. In fact, ours was the first chain Mexican restaurant in my area. The mother store was in California.

We had a great selection of margaritas. I used to have to rattle off the flavors to my patrons and here are the flavors that I remember: strawberry, raspberry, coconut, peach, pineapple and melon. There were probably others.

Two were made with liqueurs: raspberry (with Chambord) and melon (with Midori).

One was made with a coconut milk and the others were made with sweetened fruit.

Today, I never use canned or overly sweetened fruit for my own margaritas. The only sweeteners in my margaritas are the natural sugars in the fruit itself and simple syrup.

I Drink from a Straw

You are thinking, who doesn’t? And I would agree with you. Everyone drinks from a straw.

But do they drink from a straw like I drink from a straw? I bet I look like children do when they drink from a straw.

Here’s what I do.

I grab the straw while it is still in the drink, stick my finger over the hole at the top and pull the straw out of the liquid. I transfer the wet part of the straw into my mouth and release my finger from the top.

Into my mouth goes the liquid, which I swish and swallow.

You are probably either shaking your head or chuckling. You are also probably asking, why I would drink like that.

The answer is a little embarrassing.

If I drank directly out of the straw, I would suck the liquid up too fast.

“Hello? Lainey, haven’t you ever heard of the word ‘control’?”

Of course I have. Here’s why I do that. If you’ve been reading my blog, you will know that years ago, I was in a drum and bugle corp. The organizers were pretty militant and didn’t allow us to drink water whenever we wanted to. I’m sure it was to control how many bathroom breaks we took.

So, when I had a chance to drink on tour, I guzzled. I had to!

But even now, after 37 years, that guzzling habit is so ingrained that I have to remind myself to drink slowly. Especially with cocktails.

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